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<br />.- 3 - <br /> <br />in addition to allowing the river bottom to develop a heavy growth of <br /> <br />grass, weeds, trees and underbrush for wildlife cover. <br /> <br />EXISTING WATER RESOD RCE DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />The water related projects that have been constructed or are being <br /> <br />administered in the immediate vicinity of Crook are de~:cribed in the following <br /> <br />paragraphs. <br /> <br />Dikes on Tamarack Ranch Lands <br /> <br />The Division of Wildlife has, dUring the past 31 years, constructed <br /> <br />five dikes on the Tamarack Ranch lands to protect their property from erosion. <br /> <br />In ] 980, three of the dikes were, breached and at the present time, it has not <br /> <br />been determined if they will be replaced. The location of these dikes are <br /> <br />shown on Figure 2. The two remaining dikes, numbers 1 an d 2, are <br /> <br />approximately 900 feet and 1500 feet long. Dike #1 was constructed at <br /> <br />least 30 years ago. The time of construction of dike '1f2 is uncertain, but it <br /> <br />is thought that it may hav~ been constructed after the 1965 flood. Dike #5 was <br /> <br />constructed after the 1973 flood.. The remaining two dikes, #3 and #4, were <br /> <br />built in 1979. <br />'I)ikes on North Bank of River <br /> <br />Dike #6, which was constructed by land owners along the north side <br /> <br />of the river, begins at State Highway 55 bridge ane! continues upstream <br /> <br />approximately 0.6 miles. At the end of the dike a jetty was constructed to <br /> <br />attempt to turn the river east. It waS constmcted following the 1973 flood. <br /> <br />Two other dikes, #7 and #8, wer,e a150 constnlcted sometime in the 1970's <br />